灰色|はいいろhaiiro[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjectivegrey; gray; ashen
   私の父ちちは青あおと灰色はいいろのネクタイを持もっている。↗

   My father has a blue and gray tie.

• SynonymグレーNeutralLoanword for grey, mostly for clothing and merchandise; also used figuratively for a murky status where right and wrong are unclear, as in 「グレーゾーン」.
• Relatedねずみ色ねずみいろNeutralA grey with a slight bluish tinge, like a mouse's fur — one shade of 「灰色」 with a traditional color-name feel. For grey in general, use 「灰色」.
• Related薄墨色WrittenA pale grey like diluted ink; a traditional color name seen mainly in kimono and in calligraphy or painting. Belongs to written, formal prose.
• Antonym鮮やかあざやかNeutralDescribes colors as vivid and bright — the opposite of dull 「灰色」; it can also praise a deft technique, as in 「鮮やかな手つき」.

Use 「灰色」 for the color or a gloomy, dull feel, as in 「灰色の空」「灰色の人生」. For clothing say 「グレー」; for a bluish mouse-grey, 「ねずみ色」. The opposite is 「鮮やか」.

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1. 灰はいのような色いろ。白しろと黒くろの間あいだの色いろ。
2. 陰気いんきなこと。
3. 無味むみ乾燥かんそうなこと。
4. どっちつかず。二ふたつだけで割り切わりきれないこと。態度たいどや主張しゅちょうなどが曖昧あいまいなこと。
5. 犯罪はんざいの容疑ようぎが晴はれていないこと。